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R M SHAW — Fleet Air Arm

1944-10-26 · At sea, near Rorvik jetty, Norway · Norway

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Name: R M SHAW
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 1771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Implacable
Date of death: 1944-10-26
Aircraft: Firefly I Z 1905
Place of death: At sea, near Rorvik jetty, Norway
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRONDHEIM (STAVNE) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot A IV (British), Row K, Grave 11
Family details: Son of James and Sarah Shaw (nee Kiddle), of Ararimu Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Cynthia Jane Shaw, of Houghton, Huntingdonshire

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